Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Science

Department of Geotectonics and Regional Geology

 

Nikolay Petrov Petrov

Ph. D.



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upEducation

 

  • 2010 - Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
  • 2001 - present: PhD student; PhD thesis - “Emplacement of Upper Cretaceous subvolcanic bodies in the northern part of the Sredna Gora tectonic zone, Bulgaria” (in progress).
  • Дисертационен труд
  • 1995 – 2005: Graduate and Undergraduate studies at Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Faculty
  • 1999 - 2001: Master of science in Geology; MA thesis - “Structure and tectonic evolution of the Osogovo-Lisets methamorphic core complex, Bulgaria”
  • 1995 - 1999: Bachelor of Geology.

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up Contacts

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Department of Geotectonics and Regional Geology
“Acad.G.Bonchev” Str., Build. 24 , room 509
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone:(+359 2) 979 2269

Fax:(+359 2) 8724 6382

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upResearch interests

 

  • Regional geology;
  • Structural geology and Tectonics;
  • Exploration geology;
  • Geologic field work and mapping.
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up Professional experience

 

  • 2010 - present - Assistant Professor,Ph.D.
  • 2008 - 2009 – Geologist - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
  • 2008 - Exploration geologist - Dundee Precious Metals in Turkey and Serbia
  • 2006-2007 - Exploration geologist - Newmont Mining Corporation in Armenia and in Northeastern Turkey;
  • 2004 – 2007 - Geologic field work and mapping – Scientific & Research Institute “Geology and Geophysics” JBC in Central and Western Rhodopes, Bulgaria;
  • 2003 - Exploration geologist - Ivanhoe Mines in Bulgaria;
  • 2002-2004 - Geologic field work and mapping – Elatsite Mine, Bulgaria.
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up Projects

 

  • Geological Map of Europe М 1: 2 500 000 – Bulgarian part actualization, 2001-2002
  • Project “Structure of Cu-Porphyry ore deposit Elacite ”, funded by “Elacite-Med”, 2002-2005
  • Project “Geological Map of Bulgaria of Rila-Rhodope, West and Central Stara Planina Mts and Kraishte M 1:50 000”, 2004-2010
  • National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science. Young Scientists Grants. 2005-2006. Origin and tectonic evolution of the metamorphic rocks form the pre-Mesozoic basement of Tvarditza Stara Planina. J. Statelova, N. Petrov.
  • NF-SCOPES-Project No. IB7320-111130: “Origin and distribution of Europe’s most important copper and gold deposits in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia-Montenegro”, leaded by prof. Christoph Heinrich, IGMR-ETH, Zurich, 2005-2008.
 

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up Publications and abstracts

 

  • Petrov, N. 2005. Elatsite cooper mine – an example of magma emplacement into a local extensional domain of the dextral strike-slip Kashana shear zone. - Bulgarian Geological Society. 80-th Anniversary, Proceedings of the Jubilee International Conference, 54-56.
  • Petrov, N. 2005. Emplacement mechanism of Late Cretaceous subvolcanic magmatic bodies during transpression in the Northern part of Sredna Gora tectonic zone, Bulgaria. - Ann.Univ. Sofia, 98, 43-65.
  • Quadt, A, Sarov, S., Peytcheva, I., Voinova, E., Petrov, N., Nedkova, K., Naydenov, K. 2006. Metamorphic rocks from northern parts of Central Rhodopes – conventional and in situ U-Pb zircondating, isotope tracing and correlations – Bulgarian Geological Society, Proceedings, Sofia, 2006, 225-228
  • Naydenov, K., Voinova, E., Petrov, N., Georieva, I., Nikolov. D., Kolcheva, K. and Sarov, St. 2006. Ductile shear zone between Bachkovo-Dobralak orthogneisses and their parametamorphic rim – Bulgarian Geological Society, Proceedings, Sofia, 2006, 87-90
  • Sarov, S., Petrov, N., Voinova, E., Nedkova, K., Naidenov, K., Georgieva, I., Nikolov, D., Kolcheva, K. 2006. Data on strike-slip shearings in the low grade methamorphic sections (Trachian Unit) in the northern part of Central Rhodopes - Bulgarian Geological Society, Proceedings, Sofia, 2006, 102-105.
  • Petrov, N., Nedkova, K. 2007. Tectonic and structural control on intrusion-related deposits in the Northern part of Sredna Gora zone, Bulgaria. – In: Advances in Regional Geological and Metallogenic Studies in the Carpathians, Balkans, Rhodope Massif and Caucasus, A field conference.
  • Sarov, S., Naydenov, K., Petrov, N., Voynova, E., Kolcheva, K. 2007. Lithology and structural features of the Trakia unit, South Bulgaria - In: Advances in Regional Geological and Metallogenic Studies in the Carpathians, Balkans, Rhodope Massif and Caucasus, A field conference.
  • Naydenov, K., Voynova, E., Petrov, N., Sarov, S., Kolcheva, K. 2007. Strike-slip deformation in the Trakia Unit along the Maritsa shear zone, northern border of the Rhodope Massif, Southern Bulgaria - In: Advances in Regional Geological and Metallogenic Studies in the Carpathians, Balkans, Rhodope Massif and Caucasus, A field conference.
  • Naydenov, K, Kolcheva, K, Sarov, S., Voynova,E., Petrov, N. 2008. Data on the structural and metamorphic evolution of the rocks from the Trakia unit between the towns of Asenovgrad and Kostenets – Rev. Bulg. Geol. Soc., 69, 1-3, 27-37.
  • Last update: 2 December 2010

 

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upMy 3 most favorite things

     

    1. My family – Kameliq, Ivajla & Preslav;
    2. Traveling;
    3. Beer and sometimes ………

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